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Winter 2018 | a Benefit of Membershipletter in the Museum of Danish America americaWINTER 2018 | A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIPletter IN THE MUSEUM OF DANISH AMERICA How the events of 1918 shaped a Danish-American family. INSIDE More stories of war and peace contents ENDINGS14 & BEGINNINGS RESISTING23 IN WWII 32BIKING VIKINGS 38WARTIME MEMORIES 04 Director’s Corner 23 Occupation and 41 News in Brief Resistance 06 Survey Results 27 Exhibits 42 New Members and Old Friends 08 Nordic DC 28 Collection Connection 10-Year Interns 11 Events Calendar 30 CAP Program 46 12 Meeting in Elk Horn 32 Bicycle Tour 48 Holiday Craft 14 Across Oceans, 38 Wartime Tales Across Time, Across Generations ON THE COVER America Letter Winter 2018, No. 3 John and Meta Nielsen suff ered extraordinary Published three times annually by the Museum of Danish America hardships before fi nding each other and building 2212 Washington Street, Elk Horn, Iowa 51531 their family. Read about it, beginning on page 14. 712.764.7001, 800.759.9192, Fax 712.764.7002 danishmuseum.org | [email protected] 2 staff & interns Executive Director Building & Grounds Manager Administrative Assistant Rasmus Thøgersen, M.L.I.S. Tim Fredericksen Terri Amaral E: rasmus.thoegersen E: tim.fredericksen E: terri.amaral Administrative Manager Albert Ravenholt Curator of Genealogy Center Manager Terri Johnson Danish-American Culture Kara McKeever, M.F.A. E: terri.johnson Tova Brandt, M.A. E: kara.mckeever E: tova.brandt Development Manager Genealogy Assistant Deb Christensen Larsen Curator of Collections Wanda Sornson, M.S. E: deb.larsen & Registrar E: wanda.sornson Angela Stanford, M.A. Communications Specialist, E: angela.stanford Executive Director Emeritus America Letter Editor John Mark Nielsen, Ph.D. Nicky Christensen Archival Collections Manager E: johnmark.nielsen E: nicky.christensen Cheyenne Jansdatter, M.L.I.S. E: cjansdatter WEEKEND STAFF Accounting Manager Rochelle Bruns Jennifer Winters Design Store Manager Beth Rasmussen E: jennifer.winters Nan Dreher Rodger Rasmussen E: nan.dreher Interns Christine Jensen Camilla Stagis Why “AMERICA letter?” Letters that were written by immigrants to family and friends back in Denmark are called “America letters” by historians. These letters are often given credit for influencing people to come to America, because they were full of details of how good life was here. We call our magazine America Letter because we also want to tell the good news about the museum and encourage people to join us! To Contact StaffUse the prefix for the staff member shown after E:, followed by @danishmuseum.org. AMERICA LETTER 3 director’s corner Dear members and friends, One of my fondest memories was In your hands you hold the visiting with two Danish veterans America Letter, itself a testament After many unforgettable from the Wounded Warriors to the dedication and great moments with the Museum of organization who attended taste of our Communications Danish America, I have chosen our opening in Elk Horn. They Specialist, Nicky Christensen, to resign from my position as its received a warm welcome in as well as a physical reminder executive director. I have learned our community, and, during a that membership to the Museum an incredible amount about the reception, former museum board of Danish America is a premium ongoing influence of Denmark in member Harold Jensen presented package―even for those of you America, and I would not trade them with an American flag. To us, unable visit us in Elk Horn. Nicky this wonderful experience for it was the ideal way to celebrate has significantly grown our social anything. Ultimately, however, I’ve the long-standing, unbroken media presence and entertains us found myself missing the library diplomatic relationship between all with her witty and informative profession that I was trained for, Denmark and the U.S. and to posts. and that I now look forward to honor those who served―and transitioning back into. sacrificed―for the values our Another top-notch publication is countries share. our new catalog that you should I am very proud of having had the have recently received in the chance to serve this museum. Last year, we achieved mail. Thanks to our Design Store accreditation by the American Manager, Nan Dreher, our Design On a more festive note: Danes Alliance of Museums. This was a Store is the ideal place to do your are not known for excessive team effort led by our Curator of Christmas shopping―with our bragging, but, having obtained Collections and Registrar, Angela online store at danishmuseum.org my U.S. citizenship recently, I Stanford. Angela did such a good being a close second. feel like I have earned the formal job that the American Alliance of credentials to brag a bit about our Museums subsequently asked her Thanks to a generous donation staff and the two years I have had to become a reviewer herself. by former board member Dennis the pleasure of working with them. Andersen, we now own our Angela also procured a grant Genealogy Center on Main Street Our Albert Ravenholt Curator of that allowed us to hire Cheyenne in Elk Horn. The Genealogy Danish-American Culture, Tova Jansdatter as our Archival Center Manager, Kara McKeever, Brandt, continues to excel as Collections Manager. Cheyenne and Genealogy Assistant Wanda a curator, educator, and grant is doing important work Sornson make great ancestral writer. She did an excellent job consolidating our archives, and detectives, connecting our updating our core exhibit last year we hope to secure another grant members to their heritage, and to encompass a broader narrative, so that she can begin to process they have an endless supply adding more personal immigrant the comprehensive Danish of great and touching personal stories and faces to our walls, Sisterhood Collection, of which stories from Danish immigrants. If and she recently ensured that our we were granted stewardship in you want to learn more about your museum became an Iowa Cultural 2016. own Danish-American roots, get Leadership Partner. Her recent in touch and get started. exhibit in our Kramme Gallery, Denmark — America’s Smallest and Biggest Ally, received much positive feedback. By Rasmus Thøgersen 4 MUSEUM OF DANISH AMERICA Behind the scenes, down in the Danish cultural event―be it with As you will read in Tova’s machine room, our bookkeeper, traveling exhibits, information, or survey summary, the continuing Jenni Winters, and Facilities our personal presence. We always preservation of our heritage is Manager, Tim Frederiksen, put in love the invitation. of critical importance to our the extra effort every time to make members. To me, this museum, sure that all the numbers add up On the topic of parties and along with its collections and and that everything is running being grateful for the hosts: outreach, will always instill a smoothly and looking great. (If elsewhere in this America sense of togetherness and you ever ask Tim about the Great Letter, you can read more about belonging. This is why I, like all Sewage Pump Debacle of 2018, an evening I was honored to of you, will continue to be an he may give you a tired look, but co-host at the Embassy of advocate and cheerleader for the he should be proud of how well he Denmark in Washington, D.C. museum and its mission wherever handled it!) with His Excellency Lars G. I go. It has been an honor - and a Lose, Ambassador. The event lot of fun. Finally, I have to mention was an indication of where our Administrative Manager Terri museum is going. Our wonderful None of what has been built or Johnson and Development facility in Iowa is meant to be accomplished would have been Manager Deb Christensen Larsen. the permanent repository of possible without your ongoing They do so much for us that it was our material culture and our support and trust in our museum. hard to choose what to highlight, collections, while our exhibits, I want to thank you for that, not but, in the end, I would like to staff, and board members are just as the executive director, frame their contributions in the nimble and flexible. Being the but as a Danish American who is context of parties. Here is what national museum means more proud of his roots. you need to know about these than simply collecting objects two: Terri is the one orchestrating from across the country; it I will leave you with yet another all our great parties in Elk Horn means being present nationally, thing I am grateful for: in my and around the country; she has and I can hardly think of a more extensive travels to visit all of you, the logistics down to a science prestigious location for us to I have enjoyed more open-faced for board meetings, Tivoli Fest, be than the embassy. With the sandwiches, frikadeller, akvavit volunteer appreciation, Sankt impressive turnout we enjoyed, I and æbleskiver than I ever had in Hans Aften, and more. am hopeful that we will be able to Denmark. Everywhere the staff do something similar again in the goes to represent the museum, Deb, on the other hand, is the future. we are met with a friendliness that one who attends other people’s has been a delight to experience. parties. In her job as Development As a Dane traveling to meet other Manager, she is a key part Danes, it’s nothing but hygge from of our relationships with the coast to coast. Thank you for that! Rebild National Park Society and the many Brotherhood and Alt godt Sisterhood lodges she frequents, Rasmus Thøgersen among other groups. She turns æbleskiver with the best of them. You are very encouraged to reach out to us and learn more about how we can help enhance your An executive director search committee has been formed under the direction of board president Beth Bro-Roof.
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